Weberbauerocereus
Weberbauerocereus is a genus of ceroid cactus, considered to be intermediate between the genera Trichocereus and Cleistocactus. The genus is named after August Weberbauer because of his extensive research in the Peruvian Andes.
Weberbauerocereus | |
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Weberbauerocereus longicomus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Tribe: | Trichocereeae |
Genus: | Weberbauerocereus Backeb. |
Species | |
Several, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Meyenia Backeb. |
Species include:
- Weberbauerocereus churinensis F.Ritter
- Weberbauerocereus cuzcoensis Kníže
- Weberbauerocereus johnsonii F.Ritter
- Weberbauerocereus longicomus F.Ritter
- Weberbauerocereus rauhii Backeb.
- Weberbauerocereus torataensis F.Ritter
- Weberbauerocereus weberbaueri (K.Schum. ex Vaupel) Backeb.
- Weberbauerocereus winterianus F.Ritter
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